<p>Okay, if I double-major in economics and managerial studies and try to get a job after undergrad before going to a business school, will I have a hard time finding a job?</p>
<p>And if I do get an MBA in graduate school after some work experience, can I get a good job? Is there enough demand for people like me?</p>
<p>I'm asking b/c my dad says that majoring in economics is useless and that I will have a hard time finding jobs. Is that true???</p>
<p>Any sort of statistics would be great, my dad is all about visual proof...</p>
<p>Managerial studies isn’t going to help much with a job. Economics can help if the program is good, but if you’re at an average school, your best shot is probably accounting. It depends a lot on the school, really. Where are you planning on going? There is a chance that your dad is right, you know.</p>
<p>I plan to go to Rice University…if I can get in and the fin aid is good. Rice is in Houston though, and it is the 3rd biggest city w/ 20-something fortune 500 companies. And assuming I do good, I don’t see how getting a job in the future is gonna be hard…I heard that Rice graduates (economics major) easily get jobs in Houston…Oh and Rice offeres mathematical economic analysis so i might do that</p>
<p>If not, I can go to Auburn w/ free tuition…I plan to do industrial engineering or business</p>
<p>At many (probably most?) schools economics and management majors would be difficult to do in four years because economics would be done through the liberal arts school and management through the school of business.</p>
<p>First of all, Houston has the second most fortune 500 HQs; Dallas has the third most.</p>
<p>Anyway, Rice is definitely a good university, but I believe the undergrad focus is more on engineering, which I know is considerably more selective there, and I think it’s actually the graduate schools that make the overall rank so good.</p>
<p>If you want to be first in line for the top jobs in Houston, you’re probably better off at UT Austin. They have a top 25 economics program, but I think you’ll be more interested in the top 6 business school that’s number 1 in accounting. The undergrad engineering at UT is also top 9 (I think Rice is 17 & tied with A&M). Plus, the total cost of UT is less than two thirds of the tuition alone at Rice if you’re in-state.</p>
<p>No matter where you go, don’t major in management, it’s the least employable business degree.</p>